Two new views from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, showcase the telescope's talent for spying objects near and far. One image shows the energized remains of a dead star, a structure nicknamed the "Hand of God" after ...
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Toray Industries is expected to report a 30% jump in group?operating profit for last quarter, which saw solid performance in textiles and growth in carbon fiber composites. But with other segments missing targets, the Tokyo-based ...
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China, the world's fourth-largest natural gas consuming country, is stepping up efforts to boost its shale gas output, offering more favorable policies and a sound business environment to shale gas developers, a senior industry official ...
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Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News The Department of Transportation's freight transportation services index rose to record high in November, DOT said Jan. 9. The freight TSI increased 1.2% from October to an all-time high of 116.5, DOT's ...
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International oil and gas services specialist HS Ocean Group (HSOG) has been awarded a multi-million dollar refurbishment and upgrade of a high-specification jack-up drilling rig at its facility at Labidco Port, La Brea in Trinidad. ...
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Sound Oil, the European / Mediterranean focused upstream oil and gas company, announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent ("LOI") for the forthcoming well addressing the Nervesa discovery on the Carita permit in Northern Italy. As ...
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Victoria Oil & Gas Plc, the emerging African energy utility company, today announces the signing of key customer agreements that places Cameroon operating subsidiary, Gaz du Cameroun (“GDC”), in a strong position to expand gas ...
Burckhardt Compression has been awarded an order to deliver one Process Gas Compressor API 618 for acid gas injection in North America. The customer chose Burckhardt Compression because of the company’s extensive material know-how and ...
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Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. has increased production rates and decreased costs for TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (NYSE MKT:TAT; TSX:TNP) in Turkey. Over the last eight months, the two companies have installed the Packers Plus ...
Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) ("Ithaca" or the "Company") announces completion of flow test operations on the second development well on the Stella field and provides an update on Greater Stella Area ("GSA") development ...
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China, the world's largest energy user, can maintain steady growth in annual oil and natural gas output beyond 2030, the Ministry of Land and Resources said on Wednesday. Crude oil and natural gas production in 2030 will be more than ...
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Pioneer Energy Services (NYSE: PES) today announced it has renewed its drilling contracts with Ecopetrol for all eight of its drilling rigs in Colombia effective January 1, 2014. Pioneer recently operated six rigs for Ecopetrol under ...
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Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) (“Matador” or the “Company”), an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources, with an ...
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE:GE), has formed its third partnership with a Vess Oil Corp. affiliate to purchase oil reserves in East Texas for $108 million. The partnership is acquiring approximately 13,000 net acres and ...
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Parallel Energy Trust (TSX:PLT.UN)(TSX:PLT.DB) ("Parallel" or the "Trust") today announced its estimated production results for the fourth quarter and full year 2013, the commencement of its 2014 drilling program and its estimated year-end ...